Ms. Mawulawoe Awity
About me
Mawulawoe Awity is a Principal Research Assistant at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), where she serves as the Research Field Administrator, supporting faculty and students in research management and field implementation. Her work contributes directly to WACCI’s maize breeding programme through trial coordination, field evaluations, and data-driven improvement of breeding materials. She is also advancing your expertise as a PhD candidate, with research interests spanning drought tolerance, nitrogen-use efficiency, seed systems, and broader agricultural research. Beyond WACCI, Mawulawoe holds a leadership role with NEWIG, where she supports programme development, women’s empowerment initiatives, and organizational strengthening. She actively participates in scientific networks and conferences and contributes to multi-partner proposal development across research and development sectors.
Mawulawoe Awity is a Principal Research Assistant at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana, where she plays a central role in strengthening field research systems and advancing applied plant breeding. As the Research Field Administrator, she oversees the design, coordination, and execution of research trials, ensuring operational efficiency across WACCI’s experimental fields. Her work supports both faculty and postgraduate researchers, providing technical guidance and field management expertise essential for high-quality scientific outputs.
A key contributor to WACCI’s maize breeding programme, Mawulawoe is deeply involved in trial establishment, crop management, phenotypic evaluations, and preliminary data assessment across multiple environments. Her work directly informs the selection of superior maize genotypes under challenges such as drought, nitrogen stress, and other production constraints. She is committed to strengthening breeding pipelines that deliver resilient, farmer-preferred varieties capable of transforming agricultural productivity in West Africa.
Her expertise extends to seed systems and agricultural research, where she contributes to efforts that bridge the gap between breeding innovations and farmer adoption. She plays an active role in promoting functional seed delivery pathways, supporting research that enhances the performance, availability, and accessibility of improved seed for smallholder farmers.
As a PhD candidate, Mawulawoe is expanding her research profile with a focus on stress resilience, nitrogen-use efficiency, and the genetic improvement of maize for climate-smart agriculture. Her academic pursuits reflect a strong commitment to developing practical scientific solutions that address food security and environmental sustainability challenges across the region.
Beyond her scientific responsibilities, she serves as Chair of the African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) Graduate Student Wing, where she provides leadership to a continental network of emerging plant scientists. In this role, she supports capacity-building initiatives, student engagement, scientific visibility, and professional development across Africa’s plant breeding community. Her leadership strengthens APBA’s vision of advancing the next generation of plant breeding professionals on the continent.
Mawulawoe also holds a leadership and programme coordination role with NEWIG, where she contributes to women’s economic empowerment, institutional development, and the design of programmes that expand opportunities for women in agriculture and enterprise. Her work in this space reflects her passion for inclusive development and gender-responsive innovation.
Active in professional networks, scientific forums, conferences, and collaborative platforms, she regularly contributes to knowledge exchange and cross-institutional partnerships. She is also involved in proposal development for multi-institutional research and development initiatives, leveraging her technical and organisational strengths to support impactful projects.
Across all her roles, Mawulawoe demonstrates a commitment to scientific excellence, gender inclusion, community-focused leadership, and a vision for agricultural transformation driven by innovation and collaborative capacity building.